Screen door bumper and fly shooer



y 9 R; F. MEISTER SCREEN DOOR BUMPER AND FLY SHOOER Filed July 18, 1946 Bag f7 Me /M r JNVENTOR.

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Patented July 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SCREEN DOOR BUMPER AND FLY SHOOER Roy F. Meister, Tulsa, Okla.

Application July 18, 1946, Serial No. 684,401

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to screen door bumpers, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind comprising a flexible segmentally or bowed shaped spring member extending outwardly from one side of a screen door, and adapted to yieldably and flexibly engage the wall adjacent the door when the door is swung open. Also to utilize said spring member for partially returning the door to closed position.

A further object is to provide the ends of the spring bumper with vertical pins, rotatably mounted in vertical sleeves of brackets carried by the door, at opposite sides thereof.

A further object is to provide the spring bumper with a fabric or pliable valance, which will swing from side to side, incident to air currents for frightening flies away from the door.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing,,described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper end of a conventional form of screen door, showing the device applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the door and bumper.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of the bumper, showing the pintle.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the door and bumper, showing the bumper distorted by engagement with a wall.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a conventional form of screen door, and 2 brackets secured to opposite sides thereof adjacent its upper end and having vertically disposed bearing sleeves 3. The bumper is formed from a bowed piece of flexible steel 4, the ends of which are anchored in slots 5 of the pintles 6, which pintles are rotatably or rockably mounted in the sleeve 3, and held against upward movement by means of cotter keys 1 which pass through the lower ends of the pintles.

The bumper 4 is horizontally disposed and extends outwardly from the face of the screen, and when the screen door is swung open on its hinges 8, the flexible arcuate bumper 4 will engage the wall 9, as at H) and absorb the shock of the opening, and at the same time the flexible bumper, being distorted, as shown in Figure 4, will assist in returning the door to closed position.

The bumper is preferably provided with a valance II, which valance will sway back and forth in the wind, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, thereby acting as means for shooing flies from the door screen.

From the above it will be seen that a bumper is provided for doors, which will not only act as a bumper, but also as a closing device for the door, and a fly shooing valance may be supported thereon.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and. useful is:

A door bumper and fly shooer adapted to be attached to opposite sides of a screen door in a horizontal plane and adapted to be deformed and vibrated by the wind, said shooer comprising a horizontally disposed arcuate member, a pliable valance carried by said arcuate member, the ends of the arcuate member being provided with downwardly extending pintles, and pintle receiving socket members carried by the door and in which socket members the pintles are disposed.

ROY F. MEISTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 236,689 Mohr Jan. 18, 1881 442,759 lStI'USS Dec. 16, 1890 OTHER REFERENCES Popular Mechanics Shop Notes for 1936, page 18 (from 1935 monthly issues). 

